Very nice informative blog Jack. I put it in my fav's. Will check out more of your posts/pics when I have time. You have a very nice setup in your basement. Thanks for the info!
Wow, your picking lemons from your own tree..And growing it hydroponically..:cool: Is it set up in your house?
I am growing a lemon and lime from seed that I started last winter..The lime is about a foot tall and the lemon is 20 inches so far..Not sure what I will end up w/but they make nice...
Mary, in what way do you have a hardtime w/heirlooms? Disease, location, varieties? Sometimes we just have to keep trying and find what works for us in our gardens w/regards to soil and climate and realize what dosent..
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jack that is a nice GH! What are the dimensions, and is it made w/polycarbonate panels or GH grade plastic?..Beautiful pics! I love looking at them..Thanks for sharing..
We also have a lot of snow..I try to keep a path shoveled to my GH, it is only about 35 feet from the house. It was -10...
Thank you journey..Sounds like you have the beginnings of a beautiful GH to me..Your off to a great start..keep looking out for those giveaway/ free windows and patio doors..People will start remodeling (because of economy) starting in spring..Take everything you can get..You can make it work...
Dickie..Thank you.:)
But Rusty...It is!!:D:P..LOL...I just might have to post a few more pictures of inside the GH just so you have something new to drool over!:D
Ariel and journey, Thanks!. It was -10 degrees when we woke up
yesterday..Brrr..But the sun shone all day, and inside my GH it was 57 degrees..I could have stayed out there all day, it was so nice! I just dreamed of having fresh tomatoes again..I think we all long for it this time of year...
Well I know you are in zone 8 Miss., but a great all around paste tomato for drying is Opalka. It is a mid-season paste/canning/slicer with medium size elognated shaped fruit, Meaty, few seeds and pretty good producer in most years/climates..Also has really good flavor..The fruits are heavy for...
Rusty Thanks..Good luck with the Blue tomatoes from James..I saw his offer on a few sites but did not take him up on it! They are a unique looking pretty variety of tomato, I heard diff. opinions on the taste. Be sure to post pics as the season progresses..
And yes, last year was the first for...
Thank you thistle..I had no problems with humidity control or disease in the greenhouse all summer, I kept the screen doors and windows open most days/nights and it seemed to help..Only closed them whem we had a bad storm/wind or too cool evenings..
Now late summer/early fall I started to get a...
vfem..Thank you..Sorry to hear you lost so many plants..I am wishing you a better garden season for 2011..:)
I lost some plants also..some tomato plants struggled, weather related, chickens/rodents getting into garden etc.. I planted over 200 tomato plants..the best survived and I still had...
Wonderful! Wonderful! How adorable are those goats! And those ears...so cute!
Thanks for sharing your pics..I am hoping for baby goats this May or early June..